Carnation’s New Thread - Anxiety, setbacks and tips

[Carnation]

Wow, it has been a long time swgrl, great to hear from you.
It sounds like you really turned your life around, dealt with the issues that you had to and I can feel such great positivity from you.
I love the holding of the ice cubes, brilliant!
Saves getting your face wet with freezing cold water, which is another cooling down the spiralling of panic and anxiety.
Opening up to someone whether it be a friend, family member or even a therapist is such a major thing and very emotional.
We all know it's not good to keep things in but at the same time baring all is not easy and it takes great courage to do so. Be proud, not frightened because the reward is huge!

[Carnation]

Sometimes things seem to fall apart when In fact it was for something better!

[Darksky]

I find cold sensations are a great way to bring levels down. A frozen or chilled flannel held to your neck or forehead. Careful not to get freeze burns with frozen ones. But the sensation of cold helps a lot. It’s the same method as going outside or just opening a window near you. A cool draft can help enormously, the colder the better. A cold shower, which is apparently very popular now, has long be advocated to stop a panic

[Carnation]

It could be why winter is easier on the Anxiety darksky.
The heat of the summer is such a trigger for some.

[Carnation]

Standing with your hands on your hips, not only gives you immediate confidence but relieves stress, helps with anxiety and is good for straightening the back.

[Carnation]

Avoiding some foods, drinks, people, places and so on, because we had a PA, high anxiety or bad day. Who does this?
It's been 10 years since I had an egg mayo sandwich because of this and a few days ago I took the plunge and had one. There was I sitting waiting for a reaction, slightly putting myself in the zone and nothing happened.
After 10 years it was just a coincidence or totally not related to what I was eating but thinking!!!
I've had the same thing with certain items of clothing and not worn them again.
Shops, another one, which I've overcome.
A trigger, a thought, a connection to the past.
My mum had this in a card shop and it was related to a past experience.
But food, drink, what you wear, just happens to be there at the time.
Us thinkers eliminate any possible culprit which turns out not to be true!

[Carnation]

It's not only the body that needs the rest from time to time, it's the brain too!
This can be achieved with still doing things but with less stress thinking and more creativity. It doesn't mean you have to shut off the brain completely and not think but direct your thoughts to past times you enjoy, more playing, less work.

[Lencoboy]

Avoiding some foods, drinks, people, places and so on, because we had a PA, high anxiety or bad day. Who does this?
It's been 10 years since I had an egg mayo sandwich because of this and a few days ago I took the plunge and had one. There was I sitting waiting for a reaction, slightly putting myself in the zone and nothing happened.
After 10 years it was just a coincidence or totally not related to what I was eating but thinking!!!
I've had the same thing with certain items of clothing and not worn them again.
Shops, another one, which I've overcome.
A trigger, a thought, a connection to the past.
My mum had this in a card shop and it was related to a past experience.
But food, drink, what you wear, just happens to be there at the time.
Us thinkers eliminate any possible culprit which turns out not to be true!

Associations and all that, even if purely coincidental.

ETA; Like I've said before, there are certain things that are generally otherwise innocuous that still trigger me all these years later, such as certain words, logos, typefaces, etc, that I have long associated with reprimand and/or punishments when I was younger.

[Carnation]

It's hard to not to when it's been with you for so long lencoboy.

[Carnation]

Stressed /Anxious?

Massage the area at either side of the outer bit of the corners of the eyes.
We hold tension in our face, even the eyes can be affected and clenching the jaw, stiffening the neck. Let it go!